- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebrating the Life of Leo Thomas Hale (Ebon Dooley), January 25, 1942-October 12, 2006, Wednesday, October 18, 2006, 1:00 p.m., Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 1150 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310, Reverend James Sims, Pastor, Reverend George P. Lanier, Officiating
- Date of Original:
- 2006-10-18
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Leo Thomas Hale. Birth date: January 25, 1942. Death date: October 12, 2006. Funeral date: October 18, 2006. Church: Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 190
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_haleleothomas20061018
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_haleleothomas20061018
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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_ _ _ _~eelebrating The Life of
Leo Tllornas Hale (Ebon Dooley)
.January~.;, 194~- Occober 1~, ~ Wednesday, Occober 18, ~oo6 1:oo p.m.
Sni:loh Missionary Baptist Church
nso Westview Drive
Atlantat GA 30310 Reverend James Si.mst Pastor Reverena George P. Lanier; Officiating
Life Reflections
Leo Thomas Hale (Ebon Dooley) was born to the union of Leo Hale and Beatrice Midgett Hale in Milan, Tennessee on January 25, 1942. He was the eldest of three children.
He was called home on Thursday, October 12, 2006 at his home in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
Thomas was educated in the Milan, Tennessee public schools. After the 1Oth grade he enrolled and graduated from Fisk University in Nashville. He chose to go by the name of 'Ebon' while attending Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was managing editor of the Fisk literary magazine and newspaper. Ebon entered Columbia Law School in New York City as a regional honors scholar in 1963. After graduation in 1967 he went to Chicago .as a VISTA legal volunteer. While in Chicago he joined the OBAC Writers Workshop. In 1968 his book, "Revolution: A Poem" was published.
Ebon moved to Atlanta from Chicago in 1969 to run Timbuktu and Uhuru bookstores, each of which specialized in AfroAmerican works. But his most creative works were in the management of organizations that encouraged artistic and social expression. The following are some of the organizations he was affiliated with: The Neighborhood Arts Center; The Arts Exchange; Atlanta's Radio Free Georgia (WRFG) Community Radio Station, where he served as president of the Board pf Directors among many other positions, most recently Broadcasting Director; The Little Five Points Community Center, the Pan Africa Conference, and the Board of Directors of Pacifica News.
Ebon is survived by his three children: Askia Moshe Hale (Patricia Ann Rose), Anita Ife Hale and Teressa Aiesha Hale (Deborah Hale), all of Atlanta, Georgia; one sister, Barbara Johnson of St. Louis, Missouri; two grandchildren: Vincent J. Hale and Jayla Hale; one niece, Nicole (Kevin) Turner of Atlanta, Georgia, one nephew, John C. (Tonya) Hale of Lancaster, California; and a host of cousins and friends.
The Prelude
Order of Service
The Processional
The Greeting..................... ...Rev. George P. Lanier Pastor; Riverdale First UMC
Old & New Testament Lessons.. .Minister Marilyn Roberts Riverdale First UMC
The Prayer....................... ....Rev. George P. Lanier
Selection............................. Voices of Riverdale First UMC
Reading.............................. Teressa Hale
Tribute............................. .. John Eaton (Community) Heather Gray (WRFG Radio) Marcus Mahone (Friend) AI Walker (Friend)
The Candle of Remembrance ... .Moshe Hale, Anita Hale, Teressa Hale, VJ. Hale, jaylaHale
Solo Selection....................... Tpoche BJ11ups
The Eulogy....................... ...Rev. George P. Lanier
Music Tribute...................... ''If I Can Help Somebody"
The Recessional
Interment
Greenwood Cemetery